Elon Musk's xAI Unveils Image Understanding for Grok AI

The new feature allows users to upload images and receive explanations, enhancing Grok's capabilities on Musk's social platform X.

Grok AI, developed by Elon Musk's xAI, now includes image understanding, allowing users to analyze and ask questions about images.
Musk demonstrated Grok's ability to explain visual jokes, though the feature is still in its early stages and expected to improve rapidly.
The image understanding capability is currently limited to static images and is available to users of the X platform.
Despite the new feature, Grok still lags behind competitors like ChatGPT and Claude in offering more comprehensive AI functionalities.
Musk has promised further enhancements, including file uploading and image generation, aiming to achieve in months what others took years.